Strangers Ten Years Later

Lin Jin kept drinking his coffee, refilling countless cups.

In the end, Ye Ziyuan couldn't stand it anymore, blocked the mouth of the coffee cup, frowned and said, "Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to sleep at night? Drink so much..."

Lin Jin raised his head, glanced at him quickly, and said nothing.

Liu Yan, who was sitting opposite them, smiled and said, "I didn't expect that you are still together."

This sentence was too ambiguous, Lin Jin's hand holding the coffee spoon shook slightly, but Ye Ziyuan didn't seem to notice it, and said, "Of course, Lin Jin and I were best buddies back then, right? "As he spoke, he winked at Lin Jin.

"...Mmm." Lin Jin answered with lowered head.

Liu Yan had a half-smile but not a smile: "Yeah, it's just like that when buddies play to the end, but it's not easy for you to be good buddies for more than ten years——Ah Yuan, I heard that you are getting married?"

"Hmm," Ye Ziyuan said lazily, "Leave that aside, what did you want to do by choking Lin Jin's neck just now?"

Liu Yan's eyes flickered slightly, and he looked at Lin Jin with a half-smile.

Those eyes were like snake letters, cold and sinister. Although he was smiling, it gave people a chilling feeling. Lin Jin couldn't help stirring the coffee with a spoon to cover up his panic.

Liu Yan said at this moment: "You should ask him this question."

Lin Jin almost thought that the other party was going to say something, and a layer of cold sweat covered his back, but in the next second, Liu Yan just changed the subject and said, "I'm still surprised, I was going to talk about business with President Lin, but when I saw him This old man of mine just ran away, and even dumped my coffee all over his head, can I not be angry? You don't know my temper. "

Liu Yan smiled but said, "If you're still angry with me for what I did back then, I'll just apologize to you—I'm sorry, Mr. Lin."

His attitude was lazy, but he casually mentioned that year, Lin Jin really wanted to run away immediately.

He didn't want to sit here and reminisce about the old days with Liu Yan, let alone reminisce with him in front of Ye Ziyuan.

If possible, he wished he would never see this person in his life.

"Okay, I haven't seen you so stingy before." Ye Ziyuan hooked Lin Jin's shoulders, "There is no overnight hatred between brothers, even though you two had a fight back then, Liu Yan's handling method is really It's a little too much, but don't you apologize now?"

Lin Jin stood there dumbfounded, and after a long while said "Mmm".

Ye Ziyuan didn't know what happened.

In his memory, it was nothing more than the fact that the two had some friction and had a fight. Liu Yan was so angry that he was beaten hard, so he told his family about it, and his family had some spare money, so he told the matter Make a big fuss.

But Lin Jin and Liu Yan are very clear.

Lin Jin felt like sitting on pins and needles.

The life-saving phone rang at this moment. It was Su Hua's call. Normally, he would have called in seconds, but now he quickly picked it up, made a gesture, and lowered his voice: "Su Hua?"

"..." Su Hua obviously didn't expect him to answer the phone, and was already prepared for the other party not to answer, "You..."

After a pause, he said, "Wait."

Lin Jin didn't hang up either, just waiting for the person on the other end to speak, the skin on his back felt hot, as if someone was staring at him and wanted to swallow him alive.

He didn't dare to turn his head back, so he could only wait here patiently, and heard rustling voices coming from the other end of the phone, until another familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded: "Lin Jin, it's me."

Lin Jin wanted to put down the phone on the spot.

There were wolves before and tigers behind, who would have thought that Su Hua called him at this time, so that Su Zhongting could talk to him, he wanted to hide from everyone, he just stood there in a daze like a quail, and insisted I didn't answer the phone.

"Whenever you are free, go back to Shanghai." Su Zhongting was also silent for a long time before throwing out such a sentence, "I have something to tell you."

"I……"

Lin Jin felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart.

"Then... hang up."

Su Zhongting didn't even give him a chance to say a word, let alone mention his illness.

No matter what, Lin Jin still wanted to know. He wanted to know when that man would die, so that he could feel at ease and his mother would feel at ease.

But the most important thing right now is the demon behind him.

After hanging up the phone over there, Lin Jin performed another scene, smiled to himself, and turned off the phone after a while, saying: "Sorry, there is something sudden in the company, I'm afraid I'm going to excuse you."

Just treat him as cowardly, he doesn't want to meet or even sit at the same table with Liu Yan at all.

"Why is there such a hurry?" Ye Ziyuan frowned, "You are still in a hurry to leave after finally getting back together, you also..."

"Since Boss Lin is so busy," Liu Yan interrupted Ye Ziyuan with a smile, "Let's not bother him, A Yuan, and let him go about his own business."

As he spoke, he passed the coffee cup forward: "Let's catch up on the old days."

Lin Jin was finally able to get up, and when he was about to leave, Liu Yan called him suddenly: "By the way, Mr. Lin..."

Lin Jin took a deep breath without looking back: "What else?"

"The two of us should see each other more," Liu Yan smiled deeply, "After all, our friendship is also extraordinary."

A feeling of nausea rushed from the bottom of his heart to his forehead, and Lin Jin almost vomited it out while leaning on the chair. Fortunately, he could bear it and hold it back. He forcefully squeezed out the word "um" from his throat, and then left in a hurry.

It's more like "fleeing" than leaving.

In fact, he should have expected the day when they would meet. Ever since Lin Yi said that Liu Yan had returned to the country, Lin Jin had been worrying about this day all the time, but he didn't expect it to come so fast and so suddenly.

Lin Jin asked for leave and went straight home.

The newly moved house is cold, it doesn't look popular, although it has three bedrooms and one living room, it is very big, but it is very empty. He only sat in the living room for a while, and couldn't bear to change his clothes and go out. , to the previously rented house.

I'm glad I didn't quit the lease.

Although he spends a little more in a month, Lin Jin is always nostalgic. If old things or people can be measured by money, he would rather lose his fortune.

The house was a bit messy, and because too many things had been moved, it also seemed empty. The sofa was gone, so he had to move a recliner chair that he hadn't had time to move, and put it on the balcony.

By June, the dry and warm atmosphere unique to Beijing has begun to flow in the air. Even the wind that blows over has the buoyancy of summer. Instead, Lin Jin's impetuous heart calmed down bit by bit.

He fell asleep.

This is a very long dream.

From a very young age, Lin Jin knew that her home was different from other people's homes. Her parents didn't often live together. Once they met, they would start arguing. In the end, the man even started to fight the woman, viciously, Show no mercy.

The struggle between them lasted for six years until Su Hua appeared.

Their mother met them on a narrow road, Su Hua was already ten years old, one year older than him.

Lin Jin clutched the corner of his mother's clothes and followed behind. He thought that his mother was going to act violently and lose face in the city center, but in the end she just stared at Su Hua in a daze, without saying anything.

Lin Jin knew that after she came back, her mother stayed up all night.

The next morning, she took him out of the house and signed the divorce agreement.

This tug-of-war, which lasted six years, came to an end because of the mother's regression.

When she was younger, Lin Jin could never understand why her mother refused to agree to the divorce. The man not only cheated but also committed domestic violence. He was away from home for 350 days out of [-] days a year. The restless quarrel did not come to light until he was older, until he fell in love with Ye Ziyuan.

Because of liking, because of love, but also because of reluctance.

Only reluctant to give up until the end of the entanglement, it has become the part of youth that is not willing to give up by oneself.

When she finally realized that her youth was just fed to dogs, she willingly cut off that period of youth.

Perhaps the father and mother had love before, but when that love was based on the fact that a man stepped on two boats, it became particularly hateful.

After Lin Jin and his mother left Su's house, they rented a seventh-floor room in an old community. There was no elevator, and they were exhausted climbing up.

He went back to see Su Zhongting, that villa, which was always cold and unpopular, suddenly became full of vitality.

There are all kinds of flowers planted in the yard, the woman stands in the yard watering, Su Zhongting sits and reads a book, Su Hua plays with the dog, the sun slant down, solidifies this scene into eternity, and also writes a The scar was severely carved on Lin Jin's heart.

Since then, he never went back and never saw Su Zhongting again.

The time I spent with my mother in the dilapidated community has now become blurred. In short, it was bitter, but no matter how hard it was, I passed it in the end.

He opened his eyes, at dusk, the sky dimmed, neon lights raced up, traffic was busy, and the lights of thousands of houses were lit.

Looking back, his room was dark and desolate.

Lin Jin suddenly thought of his stubborn mother all his life, the mother who never let him go.

With a flick of his finger, he dialed the familiar number again. Even though he knew that it was an empty number, he still wanted to dial it.

The cold female voice sounded again, Lin Jin sighed, forget it... another day, go ask her new number.

I don't know if she has forgiven him a little now.